Challah! My First Real Attempt At Boulangerie I AM NOT a bread baker. I did a stage this summer at a local cafe in my neighborhood that has a decent Boulangerie (Bread Making) department. I learned a lot that day and walked away with a Whole Wheat Sourdough Boule. When I say I learned a lot I mean I learned that I am not the best bread maker. In all fairness, I'd never given Boulangerie the time of day prior to my stage. I figured, "How hard could it be?" Well the answer is fairly hard. It truly pays to be precise with measurements, temp, and time when it comes to bread making. Those are things that I look at as guidelines that should be somewhat followed but not entirely adhered to in my general world of baking lol. Well I was scrolling through my Instagram account and I noticed many of the accounts that I follow were making these beautiful braided Challah loaves. Apparently it's Challah season or something? I forgot how much I liked the sweet and glossy bread. I haven't really had any Challah since living with my old roommate years ago. She was Jewish and introduced me to a ton of amazing Jewish dishes. I had a love for kugel and rugalah but challah was always in the house and often snacked on over late nights of girl talk and DVD sessions of Sex And The City. Fast forward to today. This morning I woke up determined to give making Challah a good effort. I found a recipe on The Kitchn and got to work. Being the lazy rebel that I am I didn't really follow the instructions. I read through it once, then kind of peaked at each step as I went along. When it got to the braiding portion however I arrogantly stopped reading. I was like, "Ummmmmm I THINK I know how to braid...soooo yeah I'm good." WRONG. It seems most Challahs loaves are a 6-strand braid. I did a long 3-strand braid and then I twisted the length of the braid into itself. Not bad but not perfect. Egg washed that puppy and threw it in the oven. I did have a bit of dough left but not enough for a whole loaf. So I made baby Challah Knots! They look like cute little buns! This was a fun recipe that I will definitely try again. The bread came out sweet and delicious. @ I'm really pumped to play with this loaf and share it with some friends!